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| Representations of Eastern Religion: Queyroz and Gonzaga on the first Catholic-Buddhist Disputation in Sri Lanka | ||
| 作者 | Strathern, Alan (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka |
| 卷期 | v.43 New Series |
| 出版日期 | 1998 |
| 頁次 | 39 - 70 |
| 出版者 | Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL) |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.royalasiaticsociety.lk/ |
| 出版地 | Colombo, Sri Lanka [可倫坡, 斯里蘭卡] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Alan Strathern, Trinity College Oxford, England. |
| 摘要 | This article goes back to the disputation of 1543, held at the court of Bhuvenakabāhu VII shortly after the first Catholic mission arrived in Ceylon. This episode is intriguing for all sorts of reasons but our investigation is stymied by a puzzle: why is it that our only two sources for what happened differ so markedly? The answer is that one of the accounts, that given by Fernão de Queyroz, is largely fictitious. The more truthful account does provide a hint of an insight into how these early Portuguese missionaries approached other religions. It may also offer a clue as to the kind of argument employed by Buddhists against this belligerent new religion. But most of the article pursues a quite different agenda: why did Queyroz fictionalise this meeting, and why did he make the unlikely mistake of putting a speech about Hinduism into the mouth of his Buddhist protagonist? To answer these questions we need to enquire into Queyroz's own theological beliefs and how they fit into a wider picture of European thinking about non Christian religions. For example, Queyroz, like many others of his time, believed that all religions were ultimately monotheistic. In this way it is hoped that a shaft of light is thrown onto the mind of a man who is often described as the most important source for the period of Portuguese influence, over 150 years of Sri Lanka's history. |
| 目次 | Introduction 39 Comparing the Two Accounts 42 The reliability of Gonzaga's account 45 Queyroz: Historical methods and the Buddhist speech 46 Queyroz on non-Christian religion and Fr. João's reply 53 The Missionary Mind in the 1540's: a Clue from Gonzaga's Account 60 A Glimpse of Sixteenth Century Buddhism: Another clue from Gonzaga 61 Footnotes 63 |
| ISSN | 1391720X (P) |
| 點閱次數 | 103 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.11.14 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.11.14 |
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